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Synonyms for keenly
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
in a keen or penetrating way
He was keenly aware of his own shortcomings.
The true synonym
acutely
Same sentence, swapped: He was acutely aware of his own shortcomings.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for keenly as it is used in the sentence above.
- impatiently
- fervently
- warmly
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